I believe he said "steel-belted radials", like modern car tires. Not sure how that fits into a living-room but I like the message here. I don't think congress cares about benefiting man-kind, they are too busy selling their seats cheating taxes and playing lobbyist back scratch games, to put the agenda of American prosperity into focus. Politicians are glorified actors usually with rich daddies. Soon we may elect our officials through American Idol, maby America's Next Top Congressman? Probably some day.

except congress wouldn't applaud, because it's infested with goddamn liberals, who did their best to demean or ignore the tax day tea parties, an expression of this righteous anger. And then that c*nt janette napolitano (sp?) would put Peter Finch on a watch list. And that bigger c*nt Robert Gibbs would try to make a joke out of it, in his awkward, mongoloid manner. F*CK YOU OBAMA!!!!!!

The root of the problem is not republican or democrat ideals. The root of the problem is corporatism. Politicians with corporate interests are infesting our government, and are turning us away from individualistic values. They perpetuate misleading rhetoric and use their power in the government to seek out limitless ways to extract wealth from us and other nations. They don't care about us, but they try everything they can to make us think theywork for our best interests.

Well, there is truth to what you said, but it is not the whole story. Politicians who work for corporate interests are not the only bad kinds. There are other kinds with higher priorities, namely more power for themselves. In fact, it is often a mixture. Corporate swine try to get politicians campaign money and favorable media treatment in exchange for favorable legal treatment granted by politicians.

Sometimes, they two types do not even like each other. It is often a gangster style relationship, in which one party tries to gain the upper hand over their collaborator, using any possible tool and method legal and otherwise. Sometimes, one of them slips, which the rival/formerly co-symbiote then betrays them. This is why, for example, Eliot Spitzer was torn apart. This is not to say that he was a good man, merely one who stepped on the wrong toes.

Over the past 100 years, these symbiotic/parasitical relations have had an overall effect of destroying accountability, destroying the rule of law, as well as the due process of it. Fiscal responsibility has not only been destroyed, but made a mockery of. Businesses who do not participate in the corrupt establishment risk getting crushed by the monstrous fester of a bureaucracy and its countless laws, as well as its hyena lawyers and provocateurs (read: hired activists of various stripes and causes)

Towards the top of the gang of ringleaders is the military and even more importantly, the banking industries. If one has read Adam Smith, every principle that he has advocated for has been callously violated by these powers. Smith advocated that a business should be successful based on how it serves its customers, that all its funds come directly from sales. This would help ensure that the business is accountable to its customers and would be unable to wield any unjust power.

But this was of course, not good enough from the point of view of the largest banks, as it forced them to be much more considerably honest, transparent and accountable then they really preferred. They knew that to be able to secure a meaningful and powerful foothold in society, they would need to control a nation's money supply. They would also need to be granted a monopoly, so that they would be immune from losses normally generated by bad market and bad business practices.

Over the years, they have colluded and finally were able to get enough politicians to work with them to grant them this ultimate monopoly. As always, they used egalitarian rhetoric to slip under the radar of the people. They even funded progressives to create series of riots and rabble rousings to distract attention of what went behind the scenes in Washington. To further ensure that they would meet no opposition in congress, they had the Federal Reserve act pass near Christmastime.

LOL cretincretin999. To be fair I didn't back up my statement either, but I don't really care enough because this is ytmnd lol. Also, the character limit makes it a bit hard to say everything, so I waste the space on the expression of my thoughts, instead of defending my credibility.

Jesus, what do you want, son, footnotes, cross references, citations, etc? What do you think this is, encyclopedia brittanica? It's a YTMND comment page for crissake! I bet you wouldn't be so ridiculous with your friends like this. If a flaming marxist were to come here and spew his garbage, you would be totally cool with that. If some self-righteous 'progressive' were to come here and bleat on about oppression, the environment and how white people and America sucks, I bet you would upvote his comments

That comment about teh pink? Come on, can't you take a joke? You want to attack me, my character and my intellectual integrity, even though I did nothing to you, but you get all huffy when I make a comparatively mild wisecrack?

The fact that you and a couple of your bitch friends downvote my comments doesn't change what I say. Funny how you upvote where I attack republicans but downvote where I go after democrats. You are such a douche. You are a complete partisan f*cktard who hasn't figured it out yet.

Someone get me a violin, because cretincretin999 is sensitive about sexuality jokes. But seriously, a lot of the stuff I said was common knowledge. But there were some other things that were not quite as common in knowledge, and I will gladly provide references for, once I see that you are actually interested in a real discussion.

Oh, now you're ready to provide sources and evidence. I don't know why you couldn't have done that in the first place when you were busy writing your thesis. No, I learned no ago what libertarians have to say and what they're about, and I vehemently reject almost every aspect of that philosophy. Plus, you've demonstrated that you have the intellectual sophistication of the middle-school student with your gay jokes.

its truly amazing. You seem to demand that Libertarians jump through a zillion hoops, even on an entertainment board. I find it unfortunate that you reject everything that libertarians stand for, because we only stand for the things that made America and the Western world great. Namely, civil liberties, free markets, due process of law and a government that is accountable to the people. If you are an American and you reject these basic values, I don't see why deserve to be here.

I think that an illegal immigrant that has bloodied himself by crawling through razor wire fence would deserve to be here more than you. If you are not from America, then I have little to say to you, except that I express my sympathy for living in a place that regards its people as mongrels. (references coming up)

You're delusional if you think that American libertarians stand for anything more than lower taxes and reduced government regulation for business. Libertarians in this country just want to lower (or eliminate) their taxes, eradicate all social spending, and return us to the Lochner Era, where states were not allowed to pass regulations to protect workers or minorities. In short, they consist almost exclusively of brats who have never known an ounce of adversity.

I like the false dichotomy that you've set up, as well. If I reject libertarianism, I'm... what? A traitor? Un-American? A fascist? Political ideology exists on a spectrum, and is multi-faceted. Just because one isn't an anarcho-capitalist doesn't make them authoritarian. You must know better than that.

Ever wonder why there's all these movies about people taking over the airwaves then being f*cked over or bought out? 'Network' is nothing but cold war propaganda when they were afraid of a universal communication among the plebs like the internet has brought. Lucky for them it's just a bunch of goddam retards spamming the same inane sh*t wherever you go. One day we are all gonna be mad as hell, and not gonna take it anymore, but not while we're still making a comfortable living from genocide and destruction

but talking about exploitation via genocide and destruction...that's not pleb. That's innovative, original thought, and wasn't tired or cliche 20 years ago when rage against the machine was whining about that sh*t.

YOU'VE GOTTA GET MAD! I want you to get up right now, and go to California, and then we're gonna go to Oregon, and to Michigan! I want you to get up RIGHT NOW, and go to the window... and stick your head out... and yell YEAGGHHHHHHHHH!!!

You are an old man who thinks in terms of nations and peoples. There are no nations; there are no peoples. There are no Russians. There are no Arabs. There is no third world. There is no west. There is only one holistic system of systems; one vast interwoven, interacting, multivariate multinational dominion of dollars. Petrodollars, electrodollars, reichmarks, rubles, rin, pounds and shekels. It is the international system of currency that determines the totality of life on this planet. That is the natural

That is the natural order of things today. That is the atomic, subatomic and galactic structure of things today. It is the international system of currency that determines the totality of life on this planet. That is the natural order of things. You have meddled with the primal forces of nature, and you will atone! Am I getting through to you, Mr. Beale?

Oh, and the biggest difference between socialism and corporatism is the motive. Corporatism promotes making money at the expense of social well being. Socialism promotes social well being at the expense of monetary benefits. But anyway, the extreme that this quote presents is more akin to the all encompassing system presented by communism or totalitarianism, not socialism.

hey Fluk3, i agree with you mostly but disagree. try this: take what you're saying and apply it into "othnerness." once yu do that accurately, or, what you "think" is accurate, a whole buch of stuff becomes more clear....and when i say more clear, i really mean..............i dunno...not clear..but hey, if you dig what im saying, OR, get even the general gist, then hey, you might see what im saying. oh yeah, 2.

You are an old man who thinks in terms of nations and peoples. There are no nations; there are no peoples. There are no Russians. There are no Arabs. There is no third world. There is no west. There is only one holistic system of systems; one vast interwoven, interacting, multivariate multinational dominion of dollars. Petrodollars, electrodollars, reichmarks, rubles, rin, pounds and shekels. It is the international system of currency that determines the totality of life on this planet. That is the natural

WORD: i lov you wism. BUT how is this site relevant at all? bcaus we're in recession????????????????/ i like the par about the Russians it made me LOL but hey, no vote. when are we gonna work on our collab site?? im excited!! ireally am bcaus im publically stating it